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About the Book

‘Social capital’ is a major conceptual and theoretical idea that has received in the last three decades much attention across many social-science disciplines. In this relatively short period, it has developed into a major research paradigm guiding voluminous research conducted in North America, Europe, Asia, and elsewhere. Theory, measurement, and empirical research continue to grow. At the same time, major components of a theory, systematic research enterprises, and comprehensive applications in diverse substantive areas can now be identified in the literature. This new Routledge Major Work is a four-volume collection edited by a leading scholar who has brought together canonical and the very best cutting-edge research in the field.

Table of Contents

PROVISIONAL CONTENTS

Volume I: Foundations: Concepts, Theories, and Measurements

part 1.1: nature and theories of capital

1. Introduction to Part 1.1—Nan Lin, ‘Theories of Capital’, Social Capital: A Theory of Social Structure and Action (Cambridge University Press, 2001), pp. 3–18.

27. Henk Flap and Beate Völker, ‘Social, Cultural, and Economic Capital and Job Attainment: The Position Generator as a Measure of Cultural and Economic Resources’, in N. Lin and B. Erickson (eds.), Social Capital: An International Research Program (Oxford University Press, 2008), pp. 65–80.

33. Erin McNamara Horvat, Elliot Weininger, and Annette Lareau, ‘From School Ties to Social Capital: Class Differences in the Relation between School and Parent Networks’, American Educational Research Journal, 2003, 40, 319–51.

50. T. Fujiwara and I. Kawachi, ‘A Prospective Study of Individual-Level Social Capital and Major Depression in the United States’, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2008, 62, 627–33.

51. Lijun Song and Nan Lin. Forthcoming. ‘Social Capital and Health Inequality: Evidence from Taiwan’, Journal of Health and Social Behavior (forthcoming).

52. Martin P. Webber and Peter Huxley, ‘Measuring Access to Social Capital: The Validity and Reliability of the Resource Generator-UK and its Association with Common Mental Disorder’, Social Science & Medicine, 2007, 65: 481–92.

61. René Bekkers et al., ‘Social Networks of Participants in Voluntary Associations’, in N. Lin and B. Erickson (eds.), Social Capital: An International Research Program (Oxford University Press, 2008), pp. 185–205.

part 4.2: social capital and development

62. Introduction to Part 4.2 by Joon-Mo Son and Nan Lin (new to this collection).

66. Carlo Trigilia, ‘Social Capital and Local Development’, European Journal of Social Theory, 2001, 4, 427–42.

Part 4.3: current issues

67. Introduction to Part 4.3 by Nan Lin (new to this collection).

4.3.1: The Invisible Hand of Social Capital

68. Steve McDonald and Glen Jr. Elder, ‘When Does Social Capital Matter? Non-Searching for Jobs Across the Life Course’, Social Forces, 2006, 85, 1, 521–50.

69. Nan Lin and Dan Ao, ‘The Invisible Hand of Social Capital: An Exploratory Study’, in N. Lin and B. Erickson (eds.), Social Capital: An International Research Program (Oxford University Press, 2008), pp. 107–32.

4.3.2: Social Capital and Trust

70. Karen S. Cook, ‘Networks, Norms, and Trust: The Social Psychology of Social Trust’, Social Psychology Quarterly, 2005, 68, 4–14.

About the Series

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